Can I sort by relevence in finder?

Finder in Snow Leopard had two sorts at the top with the labels "Content" and "File Name." I liked to use file name a lot because it would return results by relevence.
I have not figured out if or how to do so in Lion OS. I can search by "name" but only arrange by alpha. Please tell me they didn't delete this feature and I just haven't figured it out.
Thanks,
rk

Smart previews have nothing whatsoever to do with searching, and you can't sort by keywords in either LR or Bridge. I really think the best advice for you is to install LR and try its searching capability. With LR you are always doing searches by telling it to do a database query, which is quick, while with Bridge it's having to interrogate all the files in all the folders. Searches are always much faster with Lightroom, and the more photos you have the bigger the advantage of using Lightroom.

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